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Days of our Lives Comings and Goings: Mom, New Daughter, and Son Back

A mom, new daughter, and son are returning to Days of our Lives.

By Janet Di Lauro
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A mom is back with a new daughter, and a son resurfaces. Here’s the latest casting news from Days of our Lives. Find out if any newcomers or former stars from yesteryear are joining the show this week or soon in contract, recurring, or day-player roles and if any of your favorite performers are exiting the Peacock soap. 

The Week of  October 21, 2024

There’s a trifecta of returns to the Salem fold. Patrika Darbo resurfaces as Nancy Wesley on Tuesday, October 22. The actress, who’s back for a short stint, made her last appearance on the soap in 2020.

AlexAnn Hopkins debuts as Joy Wesley, Nancy’s youngest daughter, on Tuesday, October 22. The daytime newcomer will hit the ground running in a front-burner storyline when she auditions for Body and Soul. Hopkins’ credits include The Goldbergs, Criminal Minds, and Chicago PD. 

A long-missing son is heading home, too, after a year off the canvas. John-Paul Lavoisier returns as Philip Kiriakis on Friday, October 25. Kate (Lauren Koslow) and the late Victor’s (John Aniston) son last aired in October 2023.

Bruce Beatty gets more screen time as Salem University Hospital’s administrator, Seth Burns. He’s back on Wednesday, October 23 and Thursday, October 24.
Janet Di Lauro
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Janet Di Lauro is a contributing editor at Soap Opera Digest and a writer at Cynopsis.com and Soap Hub.com.
She has been writing about daytime and primetime television for over 30 years.
Prior to her current gigs, Janet ran ThoughtCo.com’s Days of our Lives website. She has built a career in daytime television coverage that has spanned over 30 years and includes a stint as the West Coast editor of Soap Opera Weekly magazine from the publication’s debut in 1989 through 2010. In addition, she was the features editor of Daytime TV magazine and editor of Soap Opera Stars magazine during her publishing years working in New York.
Based in California, Janet has interviewed daytime’s biggest stars, past and present, from Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso (Bo and Hope, Days of Our Lives”) to Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children) to Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) to Peter Bergman (Jack, The Young and the Restless). In addition to her daytime work, she served as a contributing editor on the tween publication Pixie and was a feature editor on Reality Check magazine.

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